AVS › AVS Forum › Blu-ray & HD DVD › Blu-ray Software › Ed Wood
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Ed Wood

post #1 of 26
6/25/12 at 4:54pm
Thread Starter 
640


Like these Disney releases I would expect no extras bar any already on the DVD and maybe a HD trailer, nothing is confirmed yet I will update as needed


September 18th USA
Reply
Reply

AVS Top Picks

post #2 of 26
6/26/12 at 4:01pm
I would rather see a Ed Wood film then a Michael Bay flick.
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 26
6/26/12 at 10:25pm
Pull da strings! Pull da strings!!
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 26
6/26/12 at 10:26pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by wuther View Post

I would rather see a Ed Wood film then a Michael Bay flick.

A-men!

Now, let us bow our heads...
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 26
6/27/12 at 9:22am
I wonder if this release will include the deleted extras that were only on the recalled 1st edition of the dvd release....
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 26
6/27/12 at 3:39pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Partyslammer View Post

I wonder if this release will include the deleted extras that were only on the recalled 1st edition of the dvd release....
Wasn't the only dropped extra "When Carol Met Larry"?

I have 2 copies of that first pressing (one sealed, never put it on eBay...wonder if it's worth something...)

Here's more info on that subject, of interest...

a68908c5-8bad-cb38.jpg
Reply
Reply
post #7 of 26
9/4/12 at 5:35pm
An early look about the greatest director (and hell of a lot nicer) since Uwe Boll:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare2/edwood.htm

Did not have time at work to look at the caps.
Edited by wuther - 9/4/12 at 5:45pm
Reply
Reply
post #8 of 26
9/5/12 at 4:54am
Thread Starter 
Do not trust Beaver, but looks clumpy and old
Reply
Reply
post #9 of 26
9/5/12 at 9:42am
Well, it's 35Mbps at least it cannot be THAT bad can it. Well, it can I guess.
Reply
Reply
post #10 of 26
9/5/12 at 10:33am
Thread Starter 
MBS and Codec mean nothing when it comes to a good encode.

Garbage in Garbage out
Reply
Reply
post #11 of 26
9/5/12 at 11:51am
Actually a pristine print at 15Mbps looks like garbage to me. Maybe you should put IMO on the end of your sentence there because that is all it is really. You can't have one without the other.

Decent print plus amazing bitrate I will take any day over great print and awful bitrate.

The bitrate is the film. You can't deny that. Of course if the master is garbage it will be garbage that is obvious. This one shouldn't have been in bad condition and they should have at least taken the time to scan in 2k FFS.

Not saying this is any good or anything but I doubt it's that bad. Beavers caps are not the be all end all though usually pretty decent.
Reply
Reply
post #12 of 26
9/5/12 at 12:31pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by khronikos View Post

Maybe you should put IMO on the end of your sentence there because that is all it is really.

And yet, somehow, you managed to figure that out without the "IMO".
Reply
Reply
post #13 of 26
9/5/12 at 4:23pm
While I want to see more, the caps are ok, but the beaver caps of the 1947 Olive released b&w flims impress me more even thou Olive has a reputation of low mbps rates.
Quote:
Originally Posted by khronikos View Post

Actually a pristine print at 15Mbps looks like garbage to me. Maybe you should put IMO on the end of your sentence there because that is all it is really. You can't have one without the other.

Oh yeah? If you had to choose which would it be Predator UHE or the 2008 BD?
Edited by wuther - 9/5/12 at 4:30pm
Reply
Reply
post #14 of 26
9/5/12 at 4:46pm
Oh god. Neither. Predator needs a full scale release. I love that film. Probably my favorite action film ever. It's a damn shame what they have done to those skintones and grain. I guess the first release I would have to take lol. I can see your point there but I was talking in the sense of no DNR and no manipulation just transfers and bitrate. Yeah, DNR changes the whole game.
Reply
Reply
post #15 of 26
9/5/12 at 4:59pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by khronikos View Post

Oh god. Neither. Predator needs a full scale release. I love that film. Probably my favorite action film ever. It's a damn shame what they have done to those skintones and grain. I guess the first release I would have to take lol. I can see your point there but I was talking in the sense of no DNR and no manipulation just transfers and bitrate. Yeah, DNR changes the whole game.

I imagine everyone wants new 4K/8K scans (for everything) but you cannot always get what you want and have to comprise, sometimes for ok as opposed to awful pq or high mbps and low.

Even if Predator UHE had no dnr I would hate it because it was brightened too much. I saw it in theater and you could barely see the 'monster', in the BD the clear as day creature looks clownish rather then scary.
Edited by wuther - 9/5/12 at 5:08pm
Reply
Reply
post #16 of 26
9/5/12 at 5:15pm
Thread Starter 
Nope, a brand new 2k or "super 2k" would be fine for BD
Reply
Reply
post #17 of 26
9/6/12 at 5:33am
Quote:
Originally Posted by dvdmike007 View Post

Nope, a brand new 2k or "super 2k" would be fine for BD

Ok, I'll bite... "super 2k"?
Reply
Reply
post #18 of 26
9/6/12 at 5:39am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Super 2K

Something I have heard banded around for a few years now is Super 2K and inherently, obviously because of the name and cost, it is better than 2K? Technically, yes I guess it is slightly better than standard 2K but it still is 2K? The point is Super 2K tends to be an over scan, such as at 4K or 6K, then clever algorithms scale the image back down to 2K - the companies offering 'Super 2K', their algorithms have as much myth and legend as the secret ingredients in the spicy covering of a KFC piece of chicken!

I would say that a lot of the sampling is Nyquist? If you really would like to understand the mathematics behind Nyquist Sampling then simply take a look, good luck. If not, it is a very clever way of interpolating or rounding excessive data, such as 3 pixels into one.
Reply
Reply
post #19 of 26
9/6/12 at 6:23am
Quote:
Originally Posted by dvdmike007 View Post

I would say that a lot of the sampling is Nyquist?

It must be, because oversampling a (relatively) low scanning rate makes no sense. A 4k scan is a 4k scan, whether you later downconvert to 2k or not.
Reply
Reply
post #20 of 26
9/6/12 at 6:43am
Thread Starter 
A lot of companies are using the term so that is where the "" came from
Reply
Reply
post #21 of 26
9/6/12 at 11:36pm
I'd take that early release touch nothing really and give it a 35 across the board with a new codec. I mean scan at whatever if need be but I thought the first release was okay at least. The second was just an abomination that people should be tied up for.
Reply
Reply
post #22 of 26
9/7/12 at 6:24am
Quote:
Originally Posted by khronikos View Post

I'd take that early release touch nothing really and give it a 35 across the board with a new codec.

I'll see your 35, raise you 2 and throw in a DNR pass. Bet's to you, slick.
Reply
Reply
post #23 of 26
9/7/12 at 8:58am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by spectator View Post

I'll see your 35, raise you 2 and throw in a DNR pass. Bet's to you, slick.

2439263_o.gif

See you with an old HDTV master "Disney Special"
Reply
Reply
post #24 of 26
9/17/12 at 5:02pm
More caps of the loving tribute to an american icon:

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Ed-Wood-Blu-ray/40514/#Review

Except for 4 & 10, these caps look nicely film-like with good detail, just the way Ed would want it thanks to his high standards.
Reply
Reply
post #25 of 26
9/18/12 at 12:48am
I am definitely on board for this if only a rental. I think it looks decent enough for a buy. Certainly better than what we have had.

Where all the haters now lol. Film looks great. High bitrate and very decent transfer.
Edited by khronikos - 9/18/12 at 1:02am
Reply
Reply
post #26 of 26
9/18/12 at 2:41pm
I thought this looked really good. Very film-like with a bitrate into the 40s. Audio, although lossless 5.1, is very front-heavy (very little surround activity), as it always has been. Very pleased with this and very much worth the $12.99 it's currently going for in the regular places.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Blu-ray Software

AVS Top Picks

AVS › AVS Forum › Blu-ray & HD DVD › Blu-ray Software › Ed Wood